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Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland County constituency |
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| Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland shown within Cleveland, and Cleveland shown within England | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | Ashok Kumar |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | N/A |
| EP constituency: | North East England |
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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The constituency consists of the southern outskirts of Middlesbrough (such as Hemlington, Nunthorpe, Coulby Newham, Marton, Tollesby, Easterside and Park End) and those parts of the Redcar and Cleveland district not in the Redcar constituency. These include Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, Loftus, Skelton and Brotton.
- Constituency created (1997)
- 1997 — present: Ashok Kumar, Labour
| General Election 2005: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ashok Kumar | 21,945 | 50.2 | -5.1 | |
| Conservative | Mark Brooks | 13,945 | 31.9 | -2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Carl Minns | 6,049 | 13.8 | +3.1 | |
| British National Party | Geoffrey Groves | 1,099 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| UK Independence | Charlotte Bull | 658 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 8,000 | 18.3 | |||
| Turnout | 43,696 | 60.8 | -0.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ashok Kumar | 24,321 | 55.3 | +0.6 | |
| Conservative | Barbara Harpham | 14,970 | 34.0 | -0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Linda Parrish | 4,700 | 10.7 | +3.2 | |
| Majority | 9,351 | 21.3 | |||
| Turnout | 43,991 | 61.0 | -15.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ashok Kumar | 29,319 | 54.7 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Bates | 18,712 | 34.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Hamish Garrett | 4,004 | 7.5 | ||
| Referendum Party | R. Batchelor | 1,552 | 2.9 | ||
| Majority | 10,607 | ||||
| Turnout | 76.0 | ||||
| Constituencies in North East England | |
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| Labour |
Bishop Auckland | Blaydon | Blyth Valley | City of Durham | Darlington | Easington | Gateshead East and Washington West | Hartlepool | Houghton and Washington East | Jarrow | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | Newcastle upon Tyne North | North Durham | North Tyneside | North West Durham | Redcar | Sedgefield | South Shields | Stockton North | Stockton South | Sunderland North | Sunderland South | Tyne Bridge | Tynemouth | Wansbeck |
| Liberal Democrat | |
| Conservative | |
| North East European constituency: Labour (1) | Conservative (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |
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